Crazy is Not a Diagnosis

About this episode

Arielle shares her experiences as an intensive care nurse and discusses living with bipolar 2 while promoting critical thinking about mental health.

On this episode, Arielle brings us into her world as an intensive care nurse, destimatizes what it means to live with bipolar 2, and helping us all think more critically about mental health. Enjoy! Her Bio: I was born in North Carolina to a military family. I was raised in Medford, MA by my dad, my mom (who is actually my aunt but I call my mom because she raised me as her own), and my god mother with my adopted sister. I grew up with a love for music, soccer, b...

People in this episode

Host: JerDrema (Dreme) V. Flynt, M.Ed, MBA

Guest: Arielle

Topics covered

• mental health
• bipolar disorder
• nursing
• critical thinking
• destigmatization

Keywords

• bipolar 2
• mental health
• intensive care nurse
• destigmatization
• critical thinking

Mentioned in this episode

Places: North Carolina, Medford, MA

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